President Trump and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum reached a series of agreements after having a conversation.
Mexico will immediately reinforce its northern border with 10,000 members of its National Guard to prevent drug trafficking into the United States.
Also, the 25% tariff on all Mexican imports is delayed for one month.
“I just spoke with President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico. It was a very friendly conversation wherein she agreed to immediately supply 10,000 Mexican Soldiers on the Border separating Mexico and the United States. These soldiers will be specifically designated to stop the flow of fentanyl, and illegal migrants into our Country,” Trump said.
“We further agreed to immediately pause the anticipated tariffs for a one month period during which we will have negotiations headed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent, and Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, and high-level Representatives of Mexico. I look forward to participating in those negotiations, with President Sheinbaum, as we attempt to achieve a ‘deal’ between our two Countries,” he added.
I just spoke with President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico. It was a very friendly conversation wherein she agreed to immediately supply 10,000 Mexican Soldiers on the Border separating Mexico and the United States. These soldiers will be specifically designated to stop the flow of…
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“We had a good conversation with President Trump with great respect for our relationship and sovereignty; we reached a series of agreements,” Sheinbaum said.
Sheinbaum listed the four agreements (translated):
1. Mexico will immediately reinforce the northern border with 10,000 members of the National Guard to prevent drug trafficking from Mexico to the United States, particularly fentanyl.
2. The United States is committed to working to prevent the trafficking of high-powered weapons to Mexico.
3. Our teams will begin working today on two fronts: security and trade.
4. They are pausing tariffs for one month from now.
Sostuvimos una buena conversación con el presidente Trump con mucho respeto a nuestra relación y la soberanía; llegamos a una serie de acuerdos:
1.México reforzará la frontera norte con 10 mil elementos de la Guardia Nacional de forma inmediata, para evitar el tráfico de drogas…
— Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo (@Claudiashein) February 3, 2025
NBC News reports:
The move came after Trump signed an executive order Saturday to place a 25% tariff on nearly all goods coming into the U.S. from Canada and Mexico starting on Tuesday. Trump also placed a 10% tariff on all Chinese imports and took steps to close a loophole that allows Chinese e-commerce companies like Temu and Shein to avoid tariffs by shipping packages worth less than $800 into the U.S. duty free.
The move triggered retaliatory tariffs from Canada, and Mexico had threatened to do the same. China said it will challenge the tariffs at the World Trade Organization and take unspecified “countermeasures” in response.
Stocks fell Monday morning in response to the tariff announcement over the weekend, but recovered some of those losses following the agreement with Mexico. The U.S. imports more goods from Mexico than any other country, and economists and business groups had warned the tariffs could raise prices in the U.S. and trigger an economic slowdown.
During his first term, Trump had also threatened to place tariffs on Mexico, before backing away less than two weeks later when Mexico responded with plans to deploy its national guard throughout that country to crack down on immigration and expand a program in which some migrants seeking asylum in the United States would wait for their immigration court hearings in Mexico.
ADVERTISEMENTTrump also said on social media that he had spoken with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Monday morning and would speak with him again in the afternoon.
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